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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] raveniselizabeth:
Everything runs great on my phone but I talked the hubby into letting me root and put this rom on his phone and he was using adw launcher and it had issues. I uninstalled it and cleared the caches but his battery life is kinda bad and he was having boot loop issues. Today it must have been boot looping in his pocket all day at work and it killed his battery LOL.

Here is my question, I hope it is ok to post it here. After I flashed this rom, he restored his apps using apk + data. Is it possible that because he restored the data with his apps that it interfered with the rom? I just want to know for future reference.

Unfortunately, I am pretty sure he is going to make me restore his phone completely to "out of box" stock, unrooted. I should have known better than to try to turn him into a techy like me LOL. :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] expertzero1:
do not restore with data , just the app

just do a full wipe, and just flash the rom, just make sure he doesnt do apk + data
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
This has to be a first. Wife has to convince husband to root?! Clicked "thanks" for the irony.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
I would add (which might be obvious to many) to only restore missing apps, and to be careful not to reinstall over apps the developer included.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] owlmatt:
I'm surprised to see I keep getting the update pushed to my phone even though i'm rooted, running this rom and EK02 kernal. Is everyone else getting this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
I haven't maybe its just your area getting the update. I would think they release the ota by area but i could be wrong.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] owlmatt:
It's pretty annoying. This will break root, correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
if im correct it will soft brick or brick your phone. i know it would on my evo 3d and evo. ive only owned the epic touch for two months and commimg from the rooted htc family i know things are alot different.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] owlmatt:
Same. This is my first Samsung. I could turn this off and block this on my HTC's.

Will keep hitting install later. Hopefully a fully updated blazer rom soon. I just love this one so don't want to jump off.

Wow, it is annoying though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
i love this rom as well. i dont know if there is a system app you could freeze with titanium to stop it from trying to get you to update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dontbanmebro:
I was reading about the ciq stuff today and I downloaded an app called logging test app. It is supposed to check for ciq and tell u if you have it on your phone. I ran the app on this from and it says

System/bin/iqmsd exists

System/lib/libiq_client.so exists

Just wondering what these two files are as they are related to ciq
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
How many of you still format system during the wipe process. I only ask because i know some of you are having problems with this rom and i dont know if that makes a difference or if it doesnt i dont see it in the ops as part of the installation process like it use to be. I havent had one problem in the 11 days ive been running it and i reboot all the time trying out different kernels and modems and never had any problems. I also use adw ex

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there are two files that have to be kept or the phone wont boot up. i ran it and it says its not active
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Will hopefully have an updated rom tomorriw. Battery life and speed are my only goals.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
Sweet. Sounds good.

Sent from a Blazed SGS II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] starnostar:
Im pretty sure this phone checks for updates based on baseband version (radio version), as I never get update messages if I'm running the latest (official) baseband.

I might be wrong on this one though...I know each phone has a different way of checking

you could also try this....

get terminal emulator from market...(free)

open terminal, type the following

su

pm disable com.samsung

if this breaks anything (never did for me...), you can reverse it by typing

su

pm enable com.samsung

now you can type "exit" to de-elevate to non-root, or just exit the terminal

This is also how to "freeze" any app, system or otherwise, you just need to know the com.whatever name, most file managers convert to the name displayed to users though...

this can also be done via adb or quicksshd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
Currenty on a different Rom, but giving this a shot. As I was reading other eople getting the OTA still and look down well I got it also. So we will see. Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] starnostar:
Also note that doing this will disable the ability to update the profile/prl (they are built into the same package), so if you need to update either of those you will need to temporarilly reverse this..

Upon closer inspection, it also appears that this rom does not disbale updates by default

If anyone does accidentally do the OTA, it wont work due to a non-standard recovery, clearing the cache (where the OTA is temporarilly stored) will fix an unsucessful OTA attempt... do this from recovery.

If anyone would like, I can start working on a list of nifty tricks I have found or are otherwise undocumented here (as far as I know) and make a thread for it here...and for the ones that are documented here, compile them all into a single guide without having to scour through pages and pages of threads and posts...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
What about clearing the cache before you let it install? From recovery I assume. After you disable com.samsung?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhantomHacker:
Actually you can expect a release closer to tonight ;).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SSaxman:
I tried flashing the zip, but shortly after reboot the phone locked up and I had to restore my backup. I then tried removing my Exchange account from the device and then manually pushing Email.apk and Exchange.apk to /system/app, set permissions on both to rw-r--r-- and then rebooted. Same thing; shortly after reboot, the device freezes. I wonder if something else is tied to the Samsung Email.apk causing it to freeze when it can't find it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Did you get the stock email & exchange flashable too and also settings/applications, all, clear data & cache for both apps?

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You have to change the icon inside the app itself, each app has it's own default embedded.

I'm working on the app switcher still.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Just wanted to put out another thanks to PhantomHacker and tdunham for all the excellent work. Blazer ROM is baby bottom smooth! Thanks guys. :) Looking forward to whatever newbies you come up with.

Thanks agian.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
I Havnt but I use nova prime which has it partially
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SSaxman:
I tried again and thus time it worked. I used TB to uninstall the Samsung apk's, rebooted, moved the stock apk's to /system/app and then tried to change permissions for both and the phone froze. I rebooted again and was then able to change permissions and install both.

Thanks for the reply, TD. Would you have any ideas why my notification light isn't flashing for any new notifications?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bklynsnativeson:
How and where do I find the icons that are embedded if you don't mind explaining
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WhiteZero:
Ok, so I tried setting my Wifi to sleep, which it does. However, now it seems most of the time Wifi won't reconnect when the phone wakes back up. So I still wind up having to toggle it. :eek:

And yes, my Wifi was fine on my GB ROM (Calk's 3.0)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 5FOOTER:
Try airplane mode with just wifi I have to do that sometimes then it works fine
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Anyone have Titanium Backup (Pro) stop working? [error: could not acquire root..]. I've cleared Titanium cache and data, completely uninstalled and re-installed. checked SU but Titanium doesn't show as allowed and log shows denied. Updated su binaries. Still nothing. Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
+1 this is an issue. I've noted the same. Sadly, this setting gives me the best battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
+1 same here with wifi issues

Not trying to complain here but there is such a night and day difference in battery life when running 4.1 to the latest ics release. I am literally running the same 1 to 1 setup as I did with the gb base and I get about half the battery life its pretty crazy...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] willv23:
Never mind
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DEF3NDER:
ICS is harder on the CPU so it only makes sense that battery life would dwindle a bit. Half the previous battery life is obviously a little extreme but you can't expect to be running more processes and get the same battery life as before. I think this phone is just optimized for gingerbread. Then again, I don't really know anything about anything but I like to pretend I do. :silly:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enormous:
Add me to the list for Wi-Fi issues. Same thing as mentioned above (have to toggle Wi-Fi to get it to reconnect).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
Where is tdunham with his magic voodoo that he does so well to cure our wifi woes!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Well after dozens and dozens of attempts at fixing I just wiped and re-installed Blazer again. Titanium seems to work again. No to flash all the darn mods again and add my data. arrggg.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s9amme:
Yeah I'm getting just barely 2 hours of screen time on ICS. That's mostly just email and texting too. I'm going to run this for a few more days and see if the battery settles.

Can't wait until we get some custom kernels going and improve the battery life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
Agats latest kernel has the smartass2 govener which you can use but I am not noticing much gain in terms of battery life....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lilotimz:
Gotta let it settle.

Look at the bright side guys. I left my phone charged at 100% the first night (3am) i flashed it... the next morning at 11am... it was at 1%.

Talk about battery drain haha. Anyways, it's settled in after a few days and i'm getting comparable drain to GB now. Just gotta give it time i suppose.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Also a decent scaling script can make a world of difference...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WhiteZero:
So we have multiple confirmations of the same Wifi issue. Is this being seen on other ICS ROMs as well? Or just an issue with Blazer?

I'm back at work today, so I'll be able to test it with our Wifi, which dosen't use any kind of encryption like WEP or WPA. At home I'm using WPA2. We'll see if it makes a difference.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I don't run any other ICS roms. ;)

But yes, I was getting this on Calk's FE22 based rom and it was generally reported on Kobridge's tweak thread when it was open. It got so bad I went back to GB for a while. Finally, just put a wifi toggle on the homescreen and dealt with it that way.

However, once I changed the wifi advanced setting from never to always, I have not had a problem since. It could be something I'm running too but I don't know, it's been a while since I've flashed a bare rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephraim:
System Update Request on Blazer 4.1

I'm still running Blazer 4.1, awaiting a permanent fix to the Exchange issue.

This morning I noticed that it downloaded the FF18 System Update and keeps asking me to update.

Anything I can do to eliminate this?

Thanks!

Eph
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
I think if you have titanium backup, click on Backup/Restore and freeze System Updates.

It burns when I Tapatalk...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Also, (if you want it just say:)) I have a zip that Ive had forever.. Cant even remember where I got it...

But it contains a script that permanently¹ disables all ota update activity.

¹until if and only if you run the second script in the zip.

Simple terminal command for either, also disables a few other things, but I cant remember what.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephraim:
OK, I've done that. Still getting notification. Do I need to delete what it already downloaded? Where would it be located?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] twoslo:
is there a working mirror for Blazer 4.0?

the one in op doesn't work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
If anyone is getting this update nag, check out this thread I saved a while back:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1388778

I don't know about freezing system update, that may not allow for updating profile & prl too. Read through the thread a little to see what's said.

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I posted 4.1 on my Blazer links page here if that helps you in any way.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28451727&postcount=7876
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephraim:
Yup, my Titanium freeze of System Updates causes PRL and Profile updates to FC.

Looks like your approach also affects them.

Are there any other ways to prevent just System Updates?

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WhiteZero:
Update on Wifi Issue: Now that I'm at work on un-encrypted Wifi, my signal/connection seems to stay working. I can try messing with my encryption and channel settings when I get back home to see if that makes a difference.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Not my approach, just trying to help. ;)

Check post 42 of that thread for a file to download. If you can't figure out how to install it, I'll post a flashable when I have time. I ended up reading through the entire thread. The update may be on SD as update.zip and could probably be deleted (it would be a pretty large file). Also, they recommended clearing cache as well at some point in recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mdsevol:
As for an Exchange solution, goto http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1510248&highlight=exchange+security and follow the link in the OP to download the zip. It is the last (white) email and exchange apk's and follow the directions.

Basically you have to delete your Exchange Account, force close, clear cache and clear data for both, rename the old email and exchange apk's in the system/app folder, then put the two apk's in the zip in the same folder, make sure you give them the same permissions as all of the other apk's in the folder. Restart your device and start a new account, you should be good to go.

Unfortunately I really liked the newer mail app, the black updated version but I havent found a fix for it yet. If anyone knows of a permanent solution for the newer one please let me know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] twoslo:
Excellent! Thank you :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Forcing it to 2.4ghz may help. I suppose some phones aren't going to play nice with all router/encryption settings either so that's a great idea.

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Thanks for helping with this. People are getting impatient getting it to work and it's out of my hands. I posted that link on my original post with regards to hitting up the original thread for possible fixes and such.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] omegatek:
I'm using Blazer 4.1 and can't use the Sprint Hot Spot Hack. PRL is 60690

Is there a new hot spot hack I can update to? Or do I need to upgrade my ROM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Try Foxfi. It is free and I think even works if you're not rooted.

Not available through the market, here is their website:

http://foxfi.com/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nobleynobe:
So now that we have source, what can we expect? I religiously come back to both Blazer GB and ICS. Just curious
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
The greatest thing to expect are some new snazzy kernels from source. There have been a lot of complaints about battery life and hopefully this will breathe some new life into ICS. However, even on GB there are wildly varying stories about battery life so everyone will be having their own unique experience. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
@Tdunham

There are also a couple of threads starting on sprint's community site regarding battery life. Hopefully if we get enough people to raise an issue about it sprint / Samsung will give us a fix.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I hope so. Even on GB it's been a challenge for me. Maybe if I wasn't always flashing something or other requiring multiple reboots daily... :eek:

While we're on the topic, does anyone have any input on the new kernels that Agat has been releasing built from source and how they're performing?

Agat13's kernel thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1767421
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SSaxman:
Anybody?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mdsevol:
I don't think I am getting notification led's either. I saw your original post and have been meaning to pay attention the next time I get a text but every time I forget and just unlock my phone and read the text. I am almost positive I haven't been getting them either though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Me neither. I wonder if I did something to break it. :eek:

Edit: Anyone have an old nandroid of this rom they can test out to see if a recent update took it out or not?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
Same here ! I just downloaded an app called blink and works perfect
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boborone:
I hit the thanks, but this needs to be quoted so any who missed it can see it again.

This is the first phone I've had where every dev makes you do a download link dance only to end up with servers no longer online. Why not post the stuff on xda? They aren't leaving anytime soon. I had tons of files for this phone on my laptop. Laptop got stolen, and a couple weeks later, phone broke. Lost it all. Thank god members kept up with these files. Thank you all who did.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s9amme:
I have it installed. I primarily installed just to be on a safe kernel for now. Haven't noticed any performance gains yet. battery life is the same as stock, which is crappy still. I've only had it for a few days though.

Edit: didn't realize I'm still running agats v0.1.1. I'll try his latest v0.2.1 tonight
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
My Handscent txt app lights up the led when I receive a msg, but it's not flashing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mdsevol:
So TD I just flashed Agat's kernel from source and it stuck at boot logo. Mobile odin it first and then tried to regular odin...same deal. I ended up flashing his 1.1 version without the smartass governer and it woks but the latest one didnt for some reason.

EDIT:

After flashing the second to latest kernel and having done so successfully someone on Agat's thread recommended flashing the latest kernel after already being on the one before it and it worked so at least there is a workaround.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s9amme:
Just received a text. My led is working. Blinks red every 10 secs. Email is also the same. I turned off notifications/updates for Facebook and Instagram so I don't know about those apps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SSaxman:
Glad I'm not the only one having the notification light problem. Anybody know what controls the notification light? I'm no Dev by a long shot, but I would like to know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] steve97ta:
There blink app works I use that, but also use gosms so the notification light works.

I was running agats 2.1 fora day and a half just tested the ability to flash Ics using the recovery and it works great.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SSaxman:
Hmm. Hopefully somebody that knows will respond and let me know what, exactly, controls the notification light. That would help narrow it down to something I may have flashed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
I remember hearing a couple weeks ago that this was getting an update. Still true? Or has Phantom left us for good?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Custodian:
Not much to update I'm afraid. Lol. What you can do though is install the source built kernels ;)....

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
Oh there's always something to update lol. I thought in particular the theme could use some work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pclev99:
Phantom isn"t the fastest about updates he likes to test the crap out of it before sending it into the wild and he has a life that he puts WAY before developing and I cant say i blame him but one thing I know is that he did say he was working on it and so far he has been a man of his word. So I say it will be here when it gets here and it will be great. Thats just my experience with his work take it or leave as for me I can wait its worth it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
Phantom has an S3 now. I think it's the focus of his development. Personally, I hope he continues both.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] peanut1596:
I doubt he's done with you guys. But now that there is development for both phones, of course its gonna slow down. He's got a life too.

...I think.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Anyone got a copy of GBv4.1 they can share?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rksand:
Sending to my DropBox. Well PM with link when up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DCRocks:
thanks so much!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Right on thanks much
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DEF3NDER:
Sweet! I'm running 4.0 right now since the 4.1 wasn't working. This rom is flawless. Do you know what changes were made between 4.0 and 4.1? I can't seem to find the details?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WhiteZero:
Yup, that seems to do the trick!

Forcing 2.4GHz looks like the work around.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
An update is in the works. PH and I are working on it as we speak. There are a few things to be worked out yet. Please be patient. I'm not sure about baking in one of the new kernels yet, so don't ask. We may wait until the kernel development is a little further along.

For those of you trying out the new kernels from OTA, please flash safely and responsibly. Be aware that while the new kernels are totally safe, flashing a rom will normally replace the existing kernel with the one contained within the rom. Same applies with restoring backups. Cheers - TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] THEGUYRock:
Was working awesome for the first three days, then would just boot loop no matter what. Had to go back to GB. :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] benthe1:
Awesome guys! You two rock. I tried various ICS ROMs including this one and I'm going to wait until all the bugs get worked out. This one is by far my favorite, then Blue Kuban.

Sent from my Epic Touch(GSII)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gg_99:
Thanks for the update. Was considering making the move to CM9 but now that we know a future update(s) is in the works here, I'll just show a little more patience jumping onto the ICS bandwagon from Calk's GB.

Not that you aren't already aware, but a few of the things that made me hesitant to try this ROM in its current state:

1) Possible wifi disconnect issues requiring toggle on/off

2) Possible notification light issue

3) Unsafe kernel/recovery (obviously easily remedied w/ additional effort on my part)

By the way, think you'll roll in any of the tweaks from the list you've been maintaining here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28451727&postcount=7876

Thanks for all that you guys do here. Amazing stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WhiteZero:
Addendum: I spoke too soon, still having the problem... :eek:

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Great. Thanks to you and PH for the hard work!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bayviewplace:
Thanks, good to know.